Anarchy in the UK

An absolutely devastating article in the Washington Post about the lax standards for rape prosecution in the UK. Nineteen of twenty defendants walk free; police conduct investigations in a way that grossly benefits the accused. In those cases that lead to prosecution, justice officials and police express an attitude of tolerance and permissiveness. Even the verbiage of "murky sex," the UK equivalent of Laura Sessions Stepp's "gray rape" concept, shift the rhetorical case in favor of the men. (Not that Stepp's notion was born from an overabundance of kindness toward women.)

Mary Jordan (along with researchers Jill Colvin, Karla Adam, and Robert E. Thomason) writes up some recent cases that will turn your stomach. Excellent reporting, highly recommend you read it.